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Indian Land may finally be getting its own post office.
The U.S. Postal Service last week notified Lancaster County officials that plans are under way for a “new retail and delivery services facility project” in the fast-growing community of more than 20,000 residents.
County council Chairman Steve Harper received a letter from USPS real estate specialist Michael K. Bullard, saying a possible site has been selected and a public meeting about the plan will be held this month.

A teenager is in critical condition at Carolinas Medical Center after being shot Friday night on the 400 block of Arch Street.
Lancaster Police Department Chief Scott Grant said the victim was 17 years old, but his name is not being released yet.
Police responded to Springs Memorial Hospital just before 10:30 p.m. Friday after nearly a dozen gunshots were reported along that block. The crime scene is almost across the street from the Municipal Justice Center.
Emergency room staff treated the victim before he was flown to CMC.

The Lancaster County Parks and Recreation Dixie Softball Darlings All-Stars have been perfect this postseason and hope to continue on that diamond path as they open Dixie Softball World Series play in Sumter this weekend.
The 11-0 Lancaster County Darlings stars will launch their series quest against Texas at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“Defense has been the hallmark of this team,” said stars coach Gene Knight.

UPDATE:
About 4,000 homes and businesses in eastern Lancaster County woke up without electricity Tuesday morning.
The power was not expected to be back on until 10 p.m. Tuesday, said Lancaster County Administrator Steve Willis.
“The damage to the lines was a direct feed out of the retail (sub) station, which ran through the woods,” said Duke Energy spokesman Rick Jiran.

On the fourth day of an exhausting search, Jerell White’s body was found Saturday in a pond off Pleasant Road in the Primus community, not far from where he went missing after an altercation at a July 5 party.
An autopsy was performed Sunday, but the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday that results will not be made public for some time.
“The final and complete autopsy results are expected to be available in approximately 2-3 weeks,” the office said in a release.

Authorities resumed their search for a missing 22-year-old man about 8 a.m. Thursday in the woods off Pleasant Road near Primus Crossroads.
Lancaster County sheriff’s spokesman Doug Barfield said the search for Jerrell White had to be suspended late Thursday due to a combination of a severe, lightning-laced thunderstorm and nightfall.
“We’re back out here looking again,” Barfield said Thursday morning.
White’s last known addresses include 180 Ranson Road, 922 Sherwood Circle and 805 Hudson St.

Rescue workers have launched a massive search near Primus Crossroads for a 22-year-old missing man.
Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile identified the man as Jerrell White, whose last addresses include 180 Ranson Road, 922 Sherwood Circle and 805 Hudson St.
Faile said White was last seen at a home in the 4000 block of Pleasant Road about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

A tractor trailer loaded with gravel collided with a Jeep on S.C. 9 (Pageland Highway) near Dixie Food Mart about 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
The tractor trailer overturned, dumping gravel in the road.
At 4:30 p.m, the highway was still shut down and emergency workers are still clearing the road.
Two ambulances left the scene with the drivers from each vehicle. Their condition is unknown.